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Barbados joins ITU in global effort to strengthen cybersecurity
Barbados establishes National Computer Incident Response Team
Geneva, 13 August 2013 – ITU and the Government of Barbados
have signed an agreement to establish a National Computer Incident Response Team
(CIRT), a key mechanism to strengthen cybersecurity, detect the threat of
cyber-attacks and manage a timely response.
Established within the framework of the ITU-IMPACT initiative on
strengthening cybersecurity, the project will provide Barbados with the
necessary skills and technical capabilities to build a national point of contact
to respond in an effective manner to cybercrimes and cyber-attacks.
IMPACT – the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats
– is the operational home of ITU’s Global Cybersecurity Agenda providing
facilities and resources to ITU’s 193 Member States to effectively address cyber
threats, as well as assisting United Nations agencies in protecting their ICT
infrastructures. The ITU-IMACT collaboration will support the establishment of
the CIRT in Barbados, providing elements in project management as well as
incident management software applications needed to properly combat
cyber-attacks.
The agreement to set up the CIRT was signed by Mr Brahima Sanou, Director of
ITU’s Telecommunication Development Bureau and Mr Reginald Bourne, Chief
Telecommunication Officer in the Division of Energy and Telecommunications in
the Prime Minister’s Office in Barbados.
ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré said the setting up of National Computer
Incident Response Teams in the region would firmly establish critical mechanisms
to deal with cyber threats, referring to the CIRT established earlier in
Jamaica.
“The two CIRTs in Barbados and Jamaica will be able to collaborate and
encourage other countries to build such national capabilities, which are
critical in the battle to improve the capacity to strengthen cybersecurity both
at the national as well as regional levels,” Mr Brahima Sanou noted. “All this
support comes from the strong commitment that the countries in this region have
expressed and the signature of this agreement with Barbados is an expression of
this commitment.”
Signing the agreement on behalf of the Government of Barbados, Mr Reginald
Bourne said “This is another indication of the government’s commitment to
ensuring a safe and secure environment for the people of Barbados and all its
investors and its visitors using ICTs.”
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Sanjay Acharya
Chief, Media Relations and Public Information
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